Apple releases Final Cut Pro X

http://www.macworld.com/article/160637/2011/06/fcpxnews.html

by thisisblurry • 15 years ago

46 29 15 years ago

I know a lot of grizzled video Final Cut users who are very nervous about the "iMoviefication" of the UI. But after reading these reviews I'm feeling optimistic about Apple's ability to deliver a simplified interface without sacrificing power-user features.

cageface3• 15 years ago

A lot of logic users have similar fears of logic turning into "GarageBand Pro". Under Apple's care Logic has lagged significantly behind the competition, but at least it's cheap now.

bnastic• 15 years ago

Lagged in what sense?

swivelmaster3• 15 years ago

Here's hoping that the rumors of the death of Logic Pro have been greatly exaggerated.... Looking forward to a potential Logic Pro X?

timerickson• 15 years ago

Death of Logic Pro?

Logic is in great shape and is loved by producers the world over. Final Cut was years out of date not only in features, but in UX. Logic is not dead... not even dying.

bengl3rt2• 15 years ago

Logic team was distracted for the past year writing Garageband for iPad. Here's hoping they are now back to cranking on the next version of Logic in full force.

swivelmaster3• 15 years ago

Eh, friend of a friend who was a "big shot mixing guy in LA" claimed that Apple was ditching the pro audio space now that ProTools isn't hardware bound anymore and has been taking more market share.

Then again, Apple has been really quiet about Logic Pro and surprised everybody with announcements of new versions every time.

cageface3• 15 years ago

Logic is riding on momentum from the emagic days. It was so good to begin with that even after years of neglect from Apple it's still competitive. It's pretty clear that the pro apps are not a priority at Apple. The development pace of Sonar, Cubase, Live, Performer and Protools is leaving Logic behind now and hardly anybody codes native AudioUnits anymore. They just write vsts and use a wrapper.

Pro audio is a niche market with a demanding clientele and it's clear Apple figures it can make a lot more money with music toys for iPads.

ltamake2• 15 years ago

I can't imagine that they would kill it. It's used so much, and GarageBand doesn't offer the features that it does.

swivelmaster3• 15 years ago

It's not competing with Garage Band, it's competing with Pro Tools, Live, Reason, etc. etc. depending on what you use it for.

bonch• 15 years ago

What rumors? Logic already had its revamp a couple of major versions ago.

riobard• 15 years ago

Price: $999 -> $299

Happened to many Apple apps that went into Mac App Store.

jonknee2• 15 years ago

If you're a user of Motion or Soundtrack you need to pony up another $49 for each of those. Still a hefty discount if you didn't have the software before, a minor price increase if you're used to paying the upgrade cost.

mashmac2• 15 years ago

Motion or Compressor... Soundtrack and Color were apparently included in Final Cut X somehow... they merged them with FCP.

highpass• 15 years ago

Check out the incredibly thorough release notes for a list of what's new. Might need to Instapaper it as it's very, very long.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4589

Bud• 15 years ago

Entertainingly, that allegedly links to:

http://www.apple.com/finalcutprox

Which is a non-existent page. What they meant to say was:

http://www.apple.com/finalcutpro

...which does load.

username3• 15 years ago

They fixed it.

brk• 15 years ago

A friend of mine has posted a more in depth take on it: http://chrisduke.tv/1127/final-cut-pro-x-migration-final-cut...

Summary: FCP7 projects won't uprade/import to FCP X. Be careful if you're in the middle of something or use certain 3rd Party plugins.

totalforge• 15 years ago

It won't import FCP7 files, but it opens iMovie files. no support for any tape based capture or export, save some Firewire devices. no third-party (playback, output, e.g., Kona) hardware support, no third-party codec support. No third party video plugin support. you cannot send or receive an EDL or XML file for online editing or finishing. (apparently) cannot apply (audio) effects, volume, and pan settings to a track. No multitrack audio recording

I like some of the new ideas, but I think I'll be clutching my FCP 7 for a while yet.

saturdaysaint• 15 years ago

The iPhone parallels practically write themselves, eh?

smcnally• 15 years ago

this can't possibly remain true for long. strange that (if?) it's true upon release. where are you seeing this info?

is there a replacement for EDL?

timc3• 15 years ago

And they have killed FCP Server. Good news for us I suppose, we offer migration and integration with our asset management system.

cormullion• 15 years ago

It is currently attracting more one star reviews than five star reviews in the Mac App Store...

Apple releases Final Cut Pro X

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